ditzy
[dit-see]
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ditsy
or dit·zy
[dit-see]
- flighty and easily confused; mildly or harmlessly eccentric.
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Origin of ditsy
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bemused, dizzy, gaga, skittish, woozy, crazy, wacky, kooky, nutty, flaky, stupid, idiotic, dopey, weird, foolish, brainless, capricious, careless, changeable, empty-headedExamples from the Web for ditzy
Contemporary Examples
Both heroines are women, but they offer a pretty bizarre dichotomy for girls: Ice queen or ditzy princess.
The scene cuts, and Driver breaks out of ditzy actress mode.
Abdul was beloved for her ditzy demeanor and blatant sentimentalism on American Idol.
It would be nice to think that meeting this ditzy predator is a fitting comeuppance for Edwards.
ditzy
ditsy
- slang silly and scatterbrained
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Word Origin
C20: perhaps from dotty + dizzy
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Word Origin and History for ditzy
adj.
also ditsy, "stupid, scatterbrained" (especially of women), by 1973, U.S. slang, of unknown origin; one guess is that it is related to earlier U.S. black slang dicty (1926) "conceited, snobbish," also of unknown origin, but the sense is very difficult. The noun ditz (1982) appears to be a back-formation.
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